Khalwa with Women in work related issues

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Q:) I work alone at an office where computer
consulting services are advertised. People call to bring in their
computers for service or for on-site group and private instruction in
software applications, as well as for house-calls (with similar services
requested).

If a woman calls for a house call, what should I do? And/or, if a woman
comes to the office requesting private instruction or that her computer
be repaired, what should I do? Should I:

a. Stop advertising the service of making house calls altogether? Or

b. Continue making house calls but ignore requests made by women who
call?

C. is the possibility that someone else would be present when visiting -
but
Can/should I even make such an assumption?). And should I:

a. Stop offering on-site services such as the ones described above
until/unless I have a second person working with me or

b. Continue offering such on-site services but making sure to keep the
front door of the office open if a woman walks in so as not to be in an
enclosed atmosphere / in a situation of khalwa?

A:) In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

Being alone and privacy (khalwa) with a non-Mahram is unlawful (haram)
or at the least prohibitively disliked (makruh tahriman) and must be
avoided.

Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that
the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “A
man must not remain alone in the company of a woman, and a woman must
not travel except that her Mahram is accompanying her.” (Sahih al-Bukhari,
no. 2488)

Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that
the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “'A
woman must not travel except with a Mahram and a man must not enter upon
her except if she has a Mahram.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 1763)

Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that
the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “A
man and woman do not remain alone in privacy except that the third
amongst them Shaytan.” (Sunan Tirmidhi)

The meaning of being alone (khalwa) is when a man and a woman who are
not immediate family (mahram) remain alone in a room or place in a way
that a third person is not easily able to enter upon them, or it is not
usually accessible to others.

Allama Ibn Abidin (Allah have mercy on him) explains in his renowned
Radd al-Muhtar that Khalwa, which is unlawful (haram), will no longer
remain if:

a) There is a barrier between the man and woman:

b) A Mahram (like a brother) of the woman (or her husband) is present;

c) An upright old woman from whom desire and sexual passion is not
(typically) acquired, and who is capable of protecting herself and the
other woman, is present. This is according to one opinion in the school.
According to another opinion (such as in Munyat al-Mufti), khalwa is
prohibitively disliked (makruh tahriman) even in the presence of another
woman;

In light of the above, you may choose any of the options mentioned by
you in order to avoid Khalwa. If a woman comes to your office, then
ensure that the door of the office is open and that you are not alone in
an enclosed area.

With regards to house-calls, you must ensure that you don’t go to a
woman’s house where you may be alone with her. You may avoid going to
women’s homes altogether, or ensure that a third person would be there
before actually going there. If the third person is a man, then this
would not be considered Khalwa, and if it is a woman, then it would be
better to avoid.